Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-26
c,.st Inman Line Steamer, City
'a' = Montreal, Destroyed BY Fire
in Mid Ocean.
,es discovered in The Afi Hatch
ihe .' or;p,n acknowledgements
luz, and Crew Taken Oil SATISFY.
Boat Containing Thirteen Pee
0nt I'D TO Hevs Gone DoJvn-Thril
PIE Pig ing Incidents of the pisasier
TrRNED At SEA.

''' - handed by Captain Laad. News
rs O' ming Of the City Of Montreal
! t2;ss.,rsl upon the arrival al Queens
-; -. -. morning Of the British steamer
'T-l c 90, captain Benz, which Left Bel
I5.A ~ august 4, for London. This
NOR, rescued the passengers and crew
is'-. 20 burning vessel and brought |
;; . - queenstown,
~ FIFTEEN PEOPLE MISSING.
,.,.1oy Aug. 1.-THE destruction of
Iy ..,roer Cilyoi Montreal occurred on
z ; nv INST. i've days sitter she left New
u l 80 heat containing six passengers
p I'm members OF the crew Is mis-
y : The occupants of this boat are the
~ - nersous reported to have per
u She had 420 passengers or board.
-. [.a passengers and crew of the City Of
- -.-a., we're taken of the York City By
y 49,. 49, Mount E.ns, AID landed at
--:.. ,. an were accounted for ex-
:. 'Fr.een peIs1ng in the missing boat.
Z. y. a., ed tnat shortly after the pssssn-
J. : 5sf zone 20 bed on the night OF the
=. -, ~ min beilg in latitude g. north
~ lime, they we're aroused by the
: -nof fire. \ scene OF CONSERVATION
... ,.-1 sad the passengers We're greatly
80 - On learning the true sta,e OF
.,.-s Tle smoke caused by the fire
- +ocs.ing. The passengers dressed
~ 90. on deck as quickly as possible,
= = Nth but little appearance Of panic
- ire cri7 mated in the aft main Aold.
we s,resus Of wafer Were soon working
-. 1smes, AID the course # the
vas shaped towards Newfoundland,
+ miles distant. The flames spread
=, r-es. rspiditY, and soon had burst
~ win terrible force through the mid
ar sri 81. he.chcs. The heat being il
-, 5,cemc evident mat il was i'm
,-.s5e 70 save the ship. A monetary
ri. el,ue3.
BY..- 7e-e lowered and the passengers
~ r-fy. q, .u.u tGgm. The boats soon
.,..-.5. ana one entirely vanished. This
r--.s.-., tho s.cS Yards, two sesmen aid
.r-n..ssgugers. and there is but little
.1g. .as.,le whole boat load persisted
h b1s. d.5 no. contain q tuI crew ana
4 Ia City of Montreal against
= csp.ii1's orders, rs there
rs tine TO take many mere
-t Tie C.Ee- survivors consider The
90 q the occupants Of the lost boat SIS 2
s-.m.at i5r their cowGrdicc. There
ne eialt boats and consisted eli four
Ii 5os,s AID four piunaces. These were
l-zc1ed a93 stocked with provisions
liz 1:ueg spread with great f.lcercss,
II tEor,s &C GUGuCA them were soon
|bri futile. At : O'Clock C.. N. the
.aerg rs were maTshailed on deck
-g-2Ta,o-y tC entering the boats, many
u item weeping, but on the whole they
T.-e que, hnd orderly. The family
-17s presented 2 pytiful sight to be
Ill., There was heavy see and it w&s
III difficulty that the beats were kept
TN being smashed. The crew worked
guiij.y aud all the passengers were
is,.i IN the o0ats in comparatively
sM time. How the boats h0ated
II SER heavy loads is miracle.
d ID. .&st b0at was putting
s: i.c.a TIE snip several OF tie passen-
- sgd crew were seen eft. They had
len overlooked and were screaming to
| E. beats 70 return. They were subse-
Ready rescued, half dead from the eff
AS u the smoke and heat. The masts
I. asljp were seen CT the horizon, but
L hours caps q before it came near. a
Is was sighted shortly after the
Us 1T the stcGmeT, a0d her crew
FGc N1,p...rg e uiCk up the survivors
III ,ls s-tEaer I0ik City attracted by
s-t.-z st1aa 0ura.rg vessel which
g. 81. -.5as up 100 l5et in the air bore
lacd vita aliicuilY took TIE hands
aaId Taa rescued people were
IsaiE.a II utmost kindness by the
A.2,a sd CT, Il of the York City, and
: 22,Ssag.r rs speak with much feeling Of
consideration which was accorded
ts1 The York City proceeded 10 L3l-
& 2iter IAuding the rescued PCS
@sSls 6. Queenstown. The survivors
s%u5limgus il declaring that the off
q a1t cgew OF lie City otlMontreli ala
LIZ duty mostly and skiLitullY. The
-~es Ct those IA the missing boat Src:
PASSENGERS.
/ KAUFMAN.
GEORGE ARNOLD.
MANUEL MCKEE.
j NErHEN TUrPER.
4 " RoTFlII.
AAGATCIMGKA.
CREW.
-EyRY FRAZIER.
-EAMEs READ.
/ w TRANNEY.
.HrGGs, TfMmer.)
FARMS SEIfH, Iutelprater)
'-VN4S WLBERF0RCE, Steward
j y" INFORMATION AT NEW YORK.
'sN GoEH, Aug Is The Cfici5i5 c
--@Su line have no direct advice!
~ 'as C.ty Of Montreal. She left thi!
" August 6, ana was four days owe
:. HON liverpool. Considerable snXt
bad begun TO be felt about her
aa3 no first cabin passengers
q IAT,e3 90 Intermediate and Il;
sse passengers. The City Of Mon
=. measured - feet over ell, Il feet i,
5<--td width q besm and So feet dee
4 = '02rdeck &c keel. Her gross tonaae
4 70. she Was built by Tobey & CO. c
l-,-tT n 1871, wss al iron screw steam
- rlGe 5u.kteads and WAS equippe
: compound engines, having 600 hcrot
! TIE CAPTAIS's STORY.
1 -sGNsToT-N. Aug. - Captain Lane
1 Ila0ter Of the City of Montreal make
Glowing report: On the 10th II
- Was north. About . O'Clock of tn
1 ...0s Of that day fire was discovere
: aiIer hatch among cotton. Th
-ose wss at once connected an
ms Of water poured down upon IN
-, ADninl&tors and hand grensG
@N2sUislers were freely used. I'll
| -oTeyer, over came ell efforts !
.s'5ss Il, and spread over the uppS
',.se .soEs. The ship was doome
NE &, ui7G Of The fire, and Il
.-e" -c-ivsly prepared 81
= ..~-eJ. AL6e'clock on the mornin
re ug4 Inst. tie flames bur;
E,sa The efter hatch. TT
were lowered. There w'
81 ssa and this caused much dif
~, The women aid children wei
- fut aboard the heats and the ma